John Boehner, the poster boy for political cowardice, says President Obama lacks courage

Pat Cunningham

Wednesday

Feb 13, 2013 at 6:05 PM

We’ve discussed here on previous occasions the penchant among Republican politicians to employ what psychologists call “projection” — the defense mechanism whereby a person subconsciously denies his own thoughts and emotions and ascribes them to other people.

Republicans do that when they say President Obama won’t try to compromise with them. These are the guys who refuse to play ball with the president even when he pushes proposals their party has previously endorsed. And they say he’s uncooperative?

House Speaker John Boehner has come up with another variation on the projection theme. He says Obama lacks “the guts” to ...

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We’ve discussed here on previous occasions the penchant among Republican politicians to employ what psychologists call “projection” — the defense mechanism whereby a person subconsciously denies his own thoughts and emotions and ascribes them to other people.

Republicans do that when they say President Obama won’t try to compromise with them. These are the guys who refuse to play ball with the president even when he pushes proposals their party has previously endorsed. And they say he’s uncooperative?

House Speaker John Boehner has come up with another variation on the projection theme. He says Obama lacks “the guts” to ...

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